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I see little shoots of green between the lingering islands of snow melt. I see damp soil longing to be turned. I see sweet blue skies dotted with puffy clouds. I see….spring. It’s not here yet, but it’s so close I can smell its rains, feel its fresh breeze, taste its first sugar snap pea.
I fondle my seed stash with rising anticipation. I’ve already gotten out my garden hat, a straw and dried flowers concoction that inspires derision from the children. It makes me feel very romantic and Victorian while I’m getting dirty. I love my garden hat. If you don’t have a beautiful garden hat, go get one.
Just like last year, we got our seeds for free–about 50 packets. Faye, who works at the little store, kept the leftovers from last year’s supply in a freezer. They can’t sell last year’s seeds–but last year’s seeds will grow. Our garden using seeds overwintered from the year before did fine!
Carrots and radishes.
Turnips and bell peppers.
Pumpkins and watermelon.
Okra and eggplant.
Several kinds of corn.
And a bag of peas.
More: green beans, spinach, green onions, squash, zucchini, lettuce, cauliflower, cucumbers, swiss chard, dill, cabbage, basil, parsley, and tomatoes. I LOVE JUST SAYING THE WORDS. Food is so wonderful and you can make it. There will be other herbs (many more herbs!) and vegetables I’ll want to put in, some things that are missing here or just specific varieties, but this makes a huge start. And you can’t beat free.
Wait a minute.
What’s wrong with that picture?
What are cookies doing in my seed stash?
I’m not planting cookies, Clover!
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Hugs Granny Trace
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Maybe Clover thinks cookies grow on trees
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I got my newest issue of Women’s Lifestyle. In there is the Food Trends for 2010. #1 Keeping it Real — shift fro convenience foods to scratch cooking. #6 Mainstreaming Sustainability — a year ago, people had a hard saying the word, now they’re living it.
I thought of you, Suzanne, and all you do and what you share with us for us to be a large part of #1 and #6 when I read this list.
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I started indoor planting in Jan this year. I am too impatient to be a farmer. I planted tomatoes in Jan and they are so big now! I have supplementary lighting in the windowsill to use before and after dark. The tomatoes are not lanky or spindly at all this year! The extra lighting works! I have to keep planting them deeper, though, because they are getting tall too fast. I made a blog post about my tomatoes today.
I have so many things planted now. I have LOTS of flowers I want to plant this year from seed and I want them flowering when they go into the garden after June 1st, so they have to be started early indoors or in the greenhouse/coldframe. I have decided to try to plant one thing every day, that way, maybe, I will plant everything I have seed for this year instead of having a basket full of leftovers that didn’t get planted.
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PS I made the cream cheese the other day. Yum, thanks for the recipe. Oh and I found out how to make the starter, it is so easy to do.
Thanks for another great start to the day.
T
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All these comments make me want to get started too…I did buy flowers yesterday for the front flower bed.
Grace in CA
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Suzanne, you should have known Clover would figure out a way to get cookies. She probably got in the house – or coaxed the Crooked Little Hen to do it – while you were at the little store. One of them called and requested the cookies be added to your order…..
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Instead of the usual ball cap, I think I’ll take to wearing a nice garden hat this season. Thanks much for the inspiration.
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The cookie seeds remind me of my putting up, many years ago, in my 3rd grade classroom, a bag of round shaped cereal with a sign “Donut Seeds.” The little kids weren’t quite sure what to think!!
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